TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bamford,James
TI  - Body of secrets: anatomy of the ultra-secret National Security Agency 
SN  - 0385499086
AV  - UB 256 B199b 2002
U1  - 327.1273 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Anchor Books
KW  - United States
KW  - National Security Agency
KW  - History
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Agencia de Seguridad Nacional
KW  - Historia
KW  - Electronic intelligence
KW  - Espionaje electrónico
KW  - Cryptography
KW  - Criptografía
N1  - With a new afterword (p. [614]-651); Includes bibliographical references (p. [660]-745) and index; Memory
Sweat
Nerves
Fists
Eyes
Ears
Blood
Spine
Adrenaline
Fat
Muscle
Heart
Soul
Brain
N2  - "The NSA is the largest, most secretive, and most powerful intelligence agency in the world. With a staff of thirty-eight thousand people, it dwarfs the CIA in budget, manpower, and influence. Recent headlines have linked it to economic espionage throughout Europe and to the ongoing hunt for the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden." "James Bamford first penetrated the wall of silence surrounding the NSA in 1982, with the much-talked-about bestseller The Puzzle Palace. In Body of Secrets, he offers shocking new details about the inner workings of the agency, gathered through unique access to thousands of internal documents and interviews with current and former officials. Unveiling extremely sensitive information for the first time, Bamford exposes the role the NSA played in numerous Soviet bloc Cold War conflicts and discusses its undercover involvement in the Vietnam War. His investigation into the NSA's technological advances during the last fifteen years brings to light a network of global surveillance ranging from on-line listening posts to sophisticated intelligence-gathering satellites. In a hard-hitting conclusion, he warns that the NSA is a two-edged sword. While its worldwide eavesdropping activities offer the potential for tracking down terrorists and uncovering nuclear weapons deals, it also has the capability to listen in on global personal communications."--BOOK JACKET
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